Table 7.

Correlations among Couple Efficacy Subscales and Validation Measures

Validation Measure	Couple efficacy-Joint	Couple efficacy-Comm	Couple efficacy-Plan

Relationship Satisfaction	.48^***	.46^***	.50^***
Relationship Happiness	.40^***	.44^***	.43^***
Communal Confidence	.17^***	.22^***	.21^***
Conflict Style	−.05	−.14^**	−.08
Communication Style	.38^***	.37^***	.40^***
Agreement	.30^***	.24^***	.24^***
Broke agreement	−.23^***	−.17^***	−.19^***
Attitudes Agreements	.34^***	.37^***	.35^***
HIV-Social Support (−)	.46^***	.40^***	.42^***
HIV-Social Support (+)^a	.59^***	.47^***	.55^***
Personal stigma	.02	.06	.05
Local stigma	.01	.00	.00
UAI-main partner	−.03	−.01	−.02
UAI-casual	−.24^***	−.19^***	−.23^***
HIV status	−.15^***	−.10^*	−.12^**
Education level	−.03	−.07	−.06

Note: Values in boldface type denote >.40. Couple Efficacy= Couple Efficacy to Reduce HIV Threat scale; Joint=joint effort; Comm.=communication; Plan=planning and decision-making; UAI=unprotected anal intercourse.

n=56

p<.05

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p<.01

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p<.001